Journal-box cover.



No. 785,927. PATENTED MAR.28,1905.

H. 0. WILLIAMSON & H. PRIES.

JOURNAL BOX COVER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 21,1904.

UNITED STATES Patented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY C. IVILLIAMSON ANI) HERMAN FRIES, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA.

JOURNAL-BOX COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,927, dated March28, 1905.

Application filed November 21,1904. $erial No. 238,691.

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Be it known that we, HENRY C. WILLIAM- SON and HERMAN FRIES, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Michigan City, county of Laporte,andState of Indiana,have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsinJournal-Box Covers, of which the following is a specification andwhich are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof.

The invention relates to covers for car journal-boxes, and morespecifically to covers so pivoted as to swing laterally as distinguishedfrom the lift form ofcover. I

The, object of the invention is to provide a simpleryet efficient formof cover and a hinge and spring therefor which shall be easily assembledand possess requisite strength.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a detail longitudinal section of a journal-box and itscover. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of a journal-box of slightly-modified form, and Fig. 4 is adetail section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. i

The journal-box is shown at 10 and is of ordinary construction, havingthe usual front aperture through which the absorbent packing and thelubricant are introduced. The cover 11 for this aperture is swiveledupona pivot-boltl2, set through a lug 13, rising from the box 10, the bolt12 being shouldered, as shown at 14, to take a bearing on the lug 13,and provided with nuts 15, drawing the shouler securely to its seat. Thebearing of the cover 11 is upon a sleeve 16, fitting upon the body ofthe pivot-bolt 12 and countersunk, as shown at 17, tov receive the head18 of the bolt.

A leaf-spring 19 is seated within a socket extending inwardly from oneside of the head 20 of the sleeve 16 and crossing the counterborethereof, within which the head 18 of the pivot-bolt is seated, the depthof this counterbore being such that the spring may be inserted into itssocket and cover the head of the bolt. The free end of the spring 19 isseated in a socket 21 at the center of the cover 11, and as the springbows inwardly its pres sure forces the cover to its seat upon the end ofthe box and being applied centrally to the cover insures a close fit atall portions of the seat.

Lugs 22 23 are formed on the inner face of the cover 11 and are sospaced as to engage the inner walls of the box when the cover is closed,thereby preventing the cover from being accidentally opened. Thepivot-joints are sufficiently loose to allow the cover to be raisedenough to permit the lugs 22 and 23 to pass the cover-seat when it isdesired to open or close the box.

It is immaterial at which side of the boxaperture the pivot for thecover is located. It is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 as being placed at thetop of the box and in Fig. 3 at one side thereof.

WVe claim as our invention 1. In a journal-box cover, in combination, apivot-bolt adapted to be secured to a journal-box and having a shoulderfor hearing against the face of the box; a headed sleeve fitting looselyon the bolt and countersunk to receive its head and having asocketextending transversely within its head; a cover apertured to fit uponthe body of the sleeve; and a bow-spring having one end seated withinthe socket of the sleeve and the other end bearing on the cover.

2. In a journal-box cover, in combination, a pivot-bolt adapted to besecured to a journal-box; a headed sleeve fitting loosely on the boltand countersunk to receive its head and having a socket extendingtransversely within its head; a cover apertured to fit upon the body ofthe sleeve; and a bow-spring having one end seated within the socket ofthe sleeve and the other end bearing on the cover.

3. In a journal-box cover, in combination, a pivot-bolt adapted to besecured to a journal-box; a headed sleeve fitting loosely on the boltand countersunk to receive its head; a cover apertured to fit upon thebody of the sleeve; and a bow-spring having one end secured to thesleeve and the other end bearing on the cover.

4:. In a journal-box cover, in combination,

a pivot-bolt adapted to be secured to a jourspring bearing the coveragainst its seat, and I0 Dal-box; a headed sleeve fitting loosely on thea lug formed on the inner face of the cover belt; a cover muertured tofit upon the body for engaging the side wall'of the box-aperture.

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5. In a journal-box cover, in combination, Witnesses: a cover-plate; apivot for securing the cover SAMUEL J. TAYLOR, to a box to allew it toswing laterally; 21 CHARLES PORTER.

